Previous Year Papers - Indian Polity - 3 - BPSC (Bihar) MCQ

Proposals for abolition or re-establishment of a state's Legislative Council require confirmation by the Parliament of India. Abolished by the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960.

The correct option C.
Under Article-243(G)Panchayats in India have been conferred with 29 functional items to work at. These include providing sanitation and drainage, providing burial and cremation grounds, maintenance of roads, welfare of weaker sections, rural housing, fisheries etc. It also includes adult and non-formal education but does not include college education.
 

Under the provision of Article 280 of the Constitution, the President appoints a Finance Commission. Election Commission is an independent body provided by the Constitution to supervise the election machinery ensuring free and fair elections.

Explanation: Chief Ministers of all states are its members. Apart from this, all Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers/administrators of all Union Territories are also member of the NDC

In India, the Privy Purse was a payment made to the ruling (royal or lower) families of erstwhile princely states as part of their agreements to first integrate with India in 1947 after the independence of India, and later to merge their states in 1949 whereby they lost all ruling rights. The Privy Purse was continued to the royal families until the 26th Amendment in 1971, by which all their privileges and allowances from the Central Government ceased to exist, was implemented after a two-year legal battle. In some individual cases however, privy purses were continued for life for individuals who had held ruling powers before 1947.

The correct option is D.
As per the Constitution, the Commission is appointed every five years and consists of a chairman and four other members.

An extra constitutional body is an institution of government which is not defined in Constitution of India but are established by a resolution(decision) of union cabinet. For Example Planning Commission, National Development Council

Solution: C

Sarkaria Commission was set up in June 1983 to examine the relationship and balance of power between state and central governments and suggest changes within the framework of the Constitution.

- A registered party is recognised as a national party only if it fulfils any one of the following three conditions :-

1. A party should win 2% of seats in the Lok sabha from at least three different states.

2. At a general election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls 6% of votes in any four or more states and in addition it wins four Lok Sabha seats.

3. A party gets recognition as a state party in four states.

The UPSC annually submits a report of its work to the President of India. Further, it is sent to each house of Parliament for discussion.

 Finance Commission is a constitutional Body and it is constituted by the President. It is set up every five years or before. It lays down rules by which the Centre should provide grants in aid to states out of the consolidated fund of India and suggest measures to increase the resources of the State.